Legal
Sexual misconduct finds added to Ahpra registers
Regulator begins updating the public registers of practitioners and cancelled practitioners to include existing sexual misconduct findings Sexual misconduct findings against more than 100 health practitioners have been added to …
Propranolol implicated in teen death
A young woman circumvented GP and pharmacy measures to prevent stockpiling her beta blocker prescription—with lethal results An 18-year-old Queensland woman died from mixed drug toxicity involving “potentially fatal” exposure …
Addictive medicines stolen in ‘heartbreaking’ incident
Two alleged robbers may not have had a good entry plan when they robbed a Melbourne pharmacy, but they knew which drugs to target Channel Nine has reported on the …
‘People are desperate for some of these types of medications’
A magistrate has warned of “backyard shop” sales of high-demand drugs like Mounjaro, after a student nurse faced court for selling the weight loss medication online The Gold Coast Bulletin …
‘Throw the book’ at PBS fraudster: Guild
As Sydney pharmacist and Ferrari enthusiast pleads guilty to $5.1 million fraud, the Pharmacy Guild condemns his behaviour The Daily Telegraph has reported that Ben Huynh, who once extensively documented …
Co-owners to face proceedings alongside employees: tribunal
A Sydney Chemist Warehouse co-owner has argued that “positive acts” such as dispensing without a script are not the same as failing to detect an employee’s improper conduct The Health …
‘Shocked’ pharmacist notes rise in anti-Islamic commentary
Workers in a Victorian pharmacy have been subjected to a tirade of Islamophobic abuse The ABC has reported that the Ballarat pharmacy – which it has not identified in a …
Man ‘stockpiled’ prescription meds before death
GP provision of multiple scripts allowed a patient to attend different pharmacies without dispensers being aware, says chief pharmacist Inappropriate prescribing and lack of risk mitigation led to a man’s …
Pharmacy hosts premier, gets robbed
A Victorian TerryWhite Chemmart was robbed on the same day it hosted a media event for state premier Jacinta Allan The Herald Sun reports that the premier was at the …
CPD recommended for plumbers after top pharmacist’s death
A plumber has been referred to SafeWork NSW following the death of an award-winning pharmacist from burns An inquest into the death of Judith Ingham OAM has seen coroner Rebecca …
Pharmacist used illicit synthetic after benzo knock-back
A pharmacist sold buprenorphine strips to an undercover police officer, and illegally sourced clonazolam for himself, a tribunal has heard News Corp has reported on the case of a pharmacist …
Bicycle bandit brings gun to robbery
Police in two states are investigating incidents in which offenders targeted pharmacies ACT Policing has issued a statement saying it is seeking witnesses to an armed robbery at the Advantage …